There's nothing in the rules to prevent planes from targeting Brandenburgers. They are not treated like Camouflaged Units; they're just harder to hit, or am I looking at the wrong rules? So it would work exactly like when ground units attack them...

If a plane rolls an Infantry Symbol, Grenade, or Star you must re-roll one die and try to get an Infantry Symbol. If you get the Infantry symbol, the Brandenburger looses the 'hidden' enemy figure and another figure (1 for the initial hit and 1 for the second Infantry roll). Otherwise it gets off free and continues its covert operations!

I would say they can only get back enough figures to get to the original three Brandenburger figures, and not the fourth "enemy" figure. I don`t think the Med & Mech card can give them back the special ability the extra "enemy" figure gives them.

I second that. They cannot gain back the special ability, but the card from the CB suggests that after being spotted, they're treated like special infantry...so the 4th figure would be a normal German infantry figure (I mean, elite figure, but not enemy figure).

I second that. They cannot gain back the special ability, but the card from the CB suggests that after being spotted, they're treated like special infantry...so the 4th figure would be a normal German infantry figure (I mean, elite figure, but not enemy figure).

It's not about them being spotted. These units aren't Camouflaged or anything...they can be attacked by anyone. It's just hard to hurt them!

If they attack, they do loose the special ability (making the attacker re-roll) but I think you guys are right and they are still treated like Elite Infantry (move 2 and still attack). Antoine or jdrommel could give us the official word on that though.

I have to disagree with you here, Nem. On the card it says a Branderburger unit is 3 german figures + 1 enemy figure. After being spotted(having attacked) it is an Elite force with 3 figures, so a m&m card would only take itback up to 3 figures.

The last statement on the cards refers to movement and battle capabilities. So it may move 0-2 and battle.

I know, how Brandenburgers are used on the battlefield, but the fact that they cannot be engaged so easily it means, that they were succesful in avoiding enemy patrols and so on. But, of course they are NOT Camouflaged,but just hard to identify.

On the card it says a Branderburger unit is 3 german figures + 1 enemy figure. After having attacked it is an Elite force with 3 figures, so a m&m card would only take it back up to 3 figures.

Agreed. A unit should never have more figures than it started with and the enemy figure respresents their special ability of being difficult to hit. Though Memoir '44 has no set scale, cammando units were quite small in number.

Good point. It might be wise to mark the Brandenburgers with some other marker along with the elite marker after they have been rumbled, to ensure they don't get confused with other elite infantry which can M&M back to 4 figures.

Good point. It might be wise to mark the Brandenburgers with some other marker along with the elite marker after they have been rumbled, to ensure they don't get confused with other elite infantry which can M&M back to 4 figures.

Q. When a Brandenburgers enemy figure is removed, does a regular friendly figure take its place, or is the unit down by one figure?
A. The unit is down by one figure. The enemy figure is simply a marker.

Q. Can I use the Medics & Mechanics card to heal my Brandenburger unit up to four figures after I&#8217;ve removed the enemy figure?
A. No.

Q. Is there any way for me to get the enemy figure back into the Brandenburger unit?
A. No

My way of using the Brandenburg commando unit is to try to get them behind enemy lines unspotted, where a key objective may lie, (paticularly an undefended one) .. They can then sit there as long as they can sustain enemy fire, as they are slightly harder to 'hit'.

I rarely use them to fight with, unless absolutely essential.

But they are great fun to use, and give the Axis player a few more options in grabbing an all important objective !